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B-186009 1 (1976-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: & THE COMPTROLLER GENEFIAL DECISIONrL'TfrU. OF TH UN ITEOM 6TATES C= VASHINGTON, D. C. va0594B a% FILE: B-186009 DATE; October 12, XF176 MATTER OF: Jay DP Fitch Sale or Purchase of Residence DIGEST; Transferred employee may not be reimbursed for ccst o f second appraisrl since only cost of one apprateal may be reimbursed, Also, since necessity for reappraisal arose due to failure to sell residence within 6 months of original appraisal date, claim falls within purview of FTR paras, 2-6.2b and 2-6.2e which prohibit reimburnement. This action is in response to a requesc dated February 25, 1976, from fis. Orris C, Huet, Authorized Certifying Officer, United States Department of Agriculture, for a decision on the propriety of certifying for payment a voucher submitted by Mr. Jay 9 Fitch, for reimbursement of an appraisal fee paid in connection with the sale of his former residence, incident to his change of cfficial station, Mr. Fitch has been reimbursed for the cost of an initial appraisal of his former residence. However, his claim for reimbursement of the cost of a second appraisal was adminis- tratively disallowed based on decisions of our Office that the cost of only one appraisal may be reimbursed. 47 Comp, Gen, 306 (1967); B.-179054, September 14, 1973; f-174011, November 15, 1971. Hs. Iluet questions the disallowance of this claim since Mr, Fitch did not obtain a second appraisal merely to facilitate the sale of his house, but did so due to regulations of the U.S. Depart- ment of HoUsing and Urban Development * * *, The necessity for the second apprainal arose because the reoidence was not sold within 6 months of the date uf the original appraisai. Department of Housing and Urban Development (lirD) Handbook No. 4160.1 (March 1975). The Federal Travel Reguln- tions (FPMR 101-7) para. 2-6.2e (May'1973), provide that 1ijosses due to failure to sell a residence at the old official utation * * * at its current appraisal value * * * and any similar losses, are not reimbursable. (Emphasisasupplied.) Although 'the-amount claimed here is technically not a loss, it is an expense that ordinarily results from prices or market V *

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